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Books on Fashion Design
The Great European Designers
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Dolce & Gabbana |
Fashion Game Book |
| Since the opening of their studio in 1982, the partnership of
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana has come to symbolize the new
generation of Italian fashion design. Celebrating the work of this new
era, the book showcases the sexy and confident looks by renowned pair. |
A fun, historical compendium of fashion intrigue, lore, who's who,
and what's what. The entire 20th Century of designers, couturiers, and
must-have looks parades between the covers. Stump your friends and test
your knowledge with questions and answers, quizzes, and matching games.
Accompanying photographs vividly illustrate a hundred years of design |
European Fashion Design
These are great basic books on fashion design. Good for students or general
interest. Both American and international fashion designers are included.
More European Designers
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Valentino Garavani: Italian designer to
some of the most recognized women in the world including Audrey Hepburn,
Jacqueline Kennedy, Spain's Queen Sofia, Julia Roberts and Nancy Reagan. His
final couture collection will be January 2008. He attended the Chambre
Syndicale school in Paris at 17 and worked for Jean Desses and Guy Laroche
before opening his atelier in Rome in 1959.
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Mariano Fortuny: Although Mariano
Fortuny was also a painter, photographer and theater designer, he is best known
for fashion and textile design which he started in 1906, opening a factory in
Guidecca in Venice in 1921. Specialized printing techniques are still producing
fabrics there today on the original machines.
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Giorgio Armani: Beautifully simple and
sophisticated designs. His fashion empire has expanded from men's and women's to
accessories and home.
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Matthew Williamson: Matthew
Williamson is one of the UK's leading designers. Although he launched his line
in 1997, he has already been recognized with several major fashion awards.
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Burberry: Burberry which was founded in 1856 in Basingstoke,
Hampshire, England, is known the world over for their trench coats and
trademarked check, but these go beyond traditional in both fabrication and
silhouette.
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